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10-01-2008, 12:13 AM
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my proposed 30 Day Waiting Period
After seeing a recent glut of threads for cell phones, gym shoes, sex sites, etc as well as the usual drive by one post spamming of crappy bands, movies, artwork and other non-talented ilk that screams "mommy didn't give me enough attention as a child", I propose that all newbs are confined to the 'Introduce Yourself' forum for a 30 day period to either become an active member in the community or take their crap elsewhere.
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10-01-2008, 12:38 AM
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Doesn't matter what results your poll has- the only one with admin powers who could initiate such a plan has absolutely no interest in the goings on of the forum.
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10-01-2008, 12:55 AM
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Must say that the spammers don't really distress me that much. As long as they get treated with the respect they deserve... :D
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10-01-2008, 02:21 AM
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As if in silent protest to this thread or something...12 new "members" have joined HDC after this thread was posted!!
Also, 35 new "members" have joined up within the past 4 days. The Average for Active Members has shot up from 278 on 25th September, to 333 a few moments ago. How many real? How many spam-bots? Clones? Ghosts? Where do they come from? And where do they go after registering? You tell me. http://www.horror.com/forum/memberli...&sort=joindate This is weird. And really uncanny.
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10-01-2008, 02:49 AM
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its not a big deal ... they make a post or 2 - provide angry people a punching bag for a day or so - then they are deleted and banned - probably by Z.
i really dont think there's enough of it to be an issue. plus : this place NEEDS fresh meat - if i had to wait 30 days i'd lose intrests and post elsewhere - last thing this place needs is to discourage potential good posters from joining. it's prety dead in here at times.
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10-01-2008, 02:56 AM
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Sure, out of all these people that are joining, most are either spamming or just disappearing. But occasionally a good new member comes along and it would be a real shame to miss out on these members. I am sure a lot of people, if they were told that they would have to wait 30 days to post, would just move along to the next forum. Mostly that would be a good thing :D but occasionally it would be a real shame.
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We just had a potentially cool member make her first post at the end of this thread:
http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...=35254&page=10
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The spammers are fun. It has been years since we had anyone truly offensive join, and a couple of annoying retards arent that big a deal. Ignore them, or pick on them.
Besides, the way this place has changed in the last damn near 5 years :eek: even if we had the offensive ones again, it would just turn into playtime. :)
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